Flexible and resilient shoe-sole



'1. B. FRECHEFTE.

FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT SHOE SOLE; APPLICATION FILED nic. II, I9I9.

51,348,706. PatentedAug. 3, 1920.

JOHN B. FRECI-IETTE, OF VALPARAISO, INDIANA.

FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT SHOE-SOLE.

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Application led December 11, 1919.

To all Iwhom t may concern:

Be it known that JOHN B. FRECHETTE, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Valparaiso, in the county of Porter and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful'lm rovements in Flexible and Resilient VShoeoles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in soles for boots and shoes and is particularly designed to relieve the jar coincident with walking and to prevent the penetration of moisture to the interior of the boot or shoe through the sole.

rhe principal objects of the invention are: to provide means for cushioning or efecting resiliency of the sole of a boot or shoe without materially increasing its weight; to provide means for rendering the sole impervious to moisture; and to eect the two above mentioned objects without decreasing the pleasing appearance or wearing qualities of the shoe or boot as a whole.

Furthermore the invention aims to provide a sole for boots or shoes wherein the structure effecting the above objects is disposed between the outer and inner soles thus presenting the usual durable leather surface to the ground and the necessary smooth seamless surface to the toot.

With these objects in view and others which will appear as the nature oit the invention is better understood, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be more fully described hereinaiter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto. i

Figure l is a perspective View of a shoe provided with a sole made in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, and

Fig. 2 is a View on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

ln the drawings wherein like characters of reference indicate like or similar parts throughout the several views A designates what is termed the upper of the shoe, B the outer sole and C the inner sole, between which the present device generally designated by D is disposed.

The invention per se contemplates mounting upon the outer sole B a thin or light leather Vsole 1 of the same breadth and configuration. Upon this light leather sole l is mounted but not positively secured, a layer of sponge-rubber 2 terminating short ot Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1924i.

Serial No. 344,066.

the peripheral edges of the light sole 2 and upon which is mounted, but not positively secured, a smaller cork layer 3 terminating short of the peripheral edges of the rubber layer 2 and having a ribbon of leather 4 eX- tending about the edges thereof. A canvas layer 5 extending over the top of the cork layer 3 and leather ribbon 4 extends about the edges of the ribbon 4 as at 6 and against which the edge 7 of the upper A lies. rlhe inner sole C is mounted upon this canvas cover as shown thus disposing beneath the sole of the foot layers of leather, canvas, cork, rubber and leather to absorb shock and prevent penetration ot moisture,

For securing the outer sole B to the upper la. two strips,-one of canvas 8 and one of leather 9 are sewed or nailed between a leather retaining band 10 and the outer sole B and extend upwardly and then downwardly about an inner band 1l on the rubber layer 2 to lie against the edge 7 ot the upper A.

The edges of the canvas strip 8, leather strip 9, upper A and canvas layer 5 are then stitched to the leather ribbon 4 and inner band 1l in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2.

As the operation and construction or' the sole will, it is thought, be obvious from the foregoing description, I merely desire to point out that certain slight changes may be necessitated when the sole is extensively commercialized and permission to make these changes is reserved provided they fall within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

l. A shoe sole of the type described including an inner and an outer sole, a rubber layer between the inner and outer soles,

a cork layer adjacent the rubber layer, a 2

canvas layer adjacent the cork layer, and means secured to the outer sole and the shoe upper for retaining the layers in place.

2. A shoe sole of the type described including an inner and an outer sole, a rubber layer between the inner and outer soles, a cork layer adjacent the rubber layer, a retaining ribbon about the edges of the cork layer, a canvas layer adjacent the cork layer and extending about the retaining ribbon, a .i

portion of the upper lying against the edges of the canvas layer, strips secured to the outer sole and lying against the upper, a retaining band beneath the strips, and means for securing the band, strips, the upper, canvas, and retaining ribbon together to Se`= curely hold the shoe sole in assembly for the purpose set forth.

3. A shoe sole of the type described ini cluding an inner and an outer sole, a rubber layer between the inner andouter soles a cork layer above the rubber layer, a canvas layer above the cork layer, and strips secured to the outer sole and the shoe upper for retaining the layers in place.

4. A shoe sole .of the type described including an inner and an outer sole, a rubu ber layer between the inner and outer soles of less Width than the same, a cork layer on the rubber layer of less Width than the rubber layer, a retaining ribbon about the edges of forth.

In testimony whereof aix my signature hereto.

JOHN B. macnews 

